St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/St._Catherine's_Monastery,_Sinai
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sacred_Monastery_of_the_God-Trodden_Mount_Sinai
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Byzantine
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Biblical_Mount_Sinai
gptkbp:book one of the oldest continuously operating libraries
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Chapel_of_the_Burning_Bush
one of the oldest working Christian monasteries
gptkbp:country gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Saint_Catherine_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:elevation about 1,586 meters above sea level
gptkbp:founded 6th century
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Emperor_Justinian_I
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Holy_Synod_of_the_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Archbishop_of_Mount_Sinai
gptkbp:heldBy gptkb:Codex_Sinaiticus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Church_Slavonic
gptkbp:locatedIn foot of Mount Sinai
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkbp:monastic_community autonomous
gptkbp:notableFeature fortified walls
icon collection
mosaic of the Transfiguration
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Syriac_Sinaiticus
Palimpsest manuscripts
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Saint_Catherine_Area
gptkbp:pilgrimageSite yes
gptkbp:protectedBy gptkb:Decree_of_Protection_by_Prophet_Muhammad
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2002
yes
gptkbp:website https://www.sinaimonastery.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St._Catherine_of_Alexandria
gptkb:St._Catherine's
gptkb:Old_Syriac_manuscripts
gptkb:Feast_of_St._Catherine_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7